WITHDRAWAL OF
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
The department is withdrawing the CR-101 for chapters 246-863 and 246-869 WAC, filed on August 17, 2010, and published in WSR 10-17-091. The original proposal was to consider amending the rules to allow additional or alternative procedures to ensure patients have access to medications when they need them.
Since the filing of WSR 10-17-091, the Washington state board of pharmacy (board) held two stakeholder meetings and considered over five thousand public comments. The board determined that the current rules adequately address patients' access to medications. For this reason, the board voted to close the rule process and withdraw the CR-101 for chapters 246-863 and 246-869 WAC.
Individuals requiring information on this rule should contact Doreen Beebe, program manager, at (360) 236-4834.
Mary C. Selecky
Secretary